Vendor Management Governance Advisor

Met Life's Global Business Solutions (GBS) team delivers enterprise-wide solutions and services with agility and efficiency, enabling scaled capabilities across our global organization. GBS comprises of enterprise teams leading change initiatives, vendor management and procurement, business resilience, and end-to-end shared services through Met Life's Global Capability Center, which delivers solutions in technology, service, operations, and finance. By driving enterprise-wide solutions at scale, and through seamless collaboration across global business functions, you’ll help Met Life create value and stay ahead in an ever-evolving landscape.

Join a team that transforms challenges into opportunities and delivers lasting success across the enterprise.

The Vendor Management Governance Advisor serves as a regional governance partner responsible for supporting Vendor Managers and Engagement Managers in executing enterprise vendor management standards and governance requirements.

This role acts as a trusted advisor and governance resource, helping stakeholders understand and apply vendor management policies, standards, reporting expectations, governance requirements, and operating procedures. The position supports governance consistency, program effectiveness, stakeholder enablement, and adoption of enterprise vendor management practices across assigned regions and business areas.

• Serve as a regional representative of the Vendor Management Center of Excellence.
• Promote consistent adoption and execution of enterprise vendor management standards, templates, process es, and operating requirements.
• Provide guidance regarding vendor segmentation, governance requirements, and vendor management responsibilities.
• Monitor adherence to vendor management standards and identify areas requiring remediation or additional support.
• Support ongoing improvement of vendor management practices through feedback, standardization efforts, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Produce reporting and insights related to governance participation, adherence, vendor performance trends, and program effectiveness.
• Support development and maintenance of dashboards, scorecards, metrics, and management reporting.
• Analyze governance data to identify trends, risks, adoption challenges, and improvement opportunities.
• Escalate governance concerns, program risks, and material issues to leadership as appropriate.
• Support and participate in regional governance forums, leadership updates, and management presentations to communicate key risks and trends.

• Provide day-to-day support and consultation to Vendor Managers, Engagement Managers, Procurement, and business stakeholders.
• Support delivery of training, awareness, coaching, and enablement activities.
• Assist with onboarding of new Vendor Managers and Engagement Managers.
• Partner with regional TPRM teams to for general support and to form regional communities of practice and knowledge-sharing activities.
• Support coordination across Procurement, Third Party Risk Management, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Technology, and business functions.
• Support governance activities throughout the vendor lifecycle, including onboarding, segmentation, governance reviews, performance monitoring, transitions, and offboarding.
• Assist stakeholders in navigating governance processes and escalation requirements.
• Monitor lifecycle activities and support compliance with governance expectations.
• Support implementation of new governance initiatives, tools, reporting capabilities, and operating model enhancements.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, governance effectiveness, and data quality.
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